Genesis 21:16:13Gen.21.16.W13PAT

וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב

vateshev

she sat

Transliteration
va-TE-shev
Extended
vah-TEH-shehv
IPA
/wat.ˈteː.ʃɛv/

Meaning by language

English
she sat
French
elle s'assit
Spanish
ella se sentó
Portuguese
ela se sentou
German
sie setzte sich
Russian
она села
Arabic-Simplified
جَلَسَتْ
Hindi
वह बैठी
Chinese-Simplified
她坐下
Korean
그녀는 앉았다
Indonesian
ia duduk
Bengali
সে বসল
Tagalog
umupo siya
Swahili
akaketi
Amharic
እርሷ ተቀመጠች
Yoruba
ó jókòó
Igbo
ọ nọdụrụ
Twi
ɔtenaa
Ewe
e nɔ

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Result
וַ + תֵּ֣ + שֶׁב
va + te + shev
vateshev

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-TE-shev

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-TE-shev min-NE-ged

  3. clause

    va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK

  4. sentence

    va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK

In contextGenesis 21:16

she went she sat for herself opposite far away like the range of a bow for she said let me not see the death of the child she sat opposite she lifted up her voice she wept

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב (vateshev) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.21.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W13.S1) and character.